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60 Minutes

Sunday, October 20, 2019

60 Minutes

CBS News

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

It has been a year since a gunman opened fire on Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, killing 11 people. In an interview with Lesley Stahl, survivors speak out about the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S history. In an interview with John Dickerson, Christine Lagarde, the new head of the European Central Bank, criticizes President Trump's Twitter habits. Plus, Jon Wertheim reports on a classic international detective story, about Christopher Columbus. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Lindsey Graham, the host of Wondries Podcast American Scandal.

0:03.9

Our newest series looks at the Kids for Cash Scandal,

0:07.0

a story about two judges who stood accused of making millions of dollars

0:11.0

in a brazen scheme that shattered the lives of countless children.

0:14.6

Listen to American Scandal on Amazon Music or wherever you catch your podcasts.

0:19.2

One year ago, the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in US history took place in Pittsburgh.

0:32.9

How often do you say to yourself, the worst act of anti-Semitism in the history of the United States

0:41.0

took place at my synagogue? I think about it all the time.

0:44.9

As survivors of the Tree of Life synagogue struggle to make sense of this mass shooting,

0:50.6

one source of strength has been their Christian and Muslim neighbors.

0:58.5

You once described yourself as bossy. You know bossy is now a dirty word.

1:03.6

I don't mind.

1:06.5

With the global economy at risk of a recession, the man for the job may be a woman.

1:12.2

Christine LeGuard, who led the International Monetary Fund,

1:16.6

is about to take over the presidency of the European Central Bank.

1:20.7

When you think of the challenges to the global economy, where is Donald Trump on that list?

1:29.5

Tonight, a history lesson turned detective story about what may be the first

1:34.5

blockbuster news story ever published, solving the mystery of a stolen Christopher Columbus

1:40.0

letters written more than 500 years ago by the explorer himself, announcing his discovery of the new world.

1:48.3

He actually made the globe a globe and that's pretty much the most consequential

1:53.7

news ever published, doesn't it?

1:57.5

I'm Leslie Stahl. I'm Bill Whittaker. I'm Anderson Cooper. I'm John Dickerson.

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